Re: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

[Phil Bedard <bedard.phil () gmail com>]

The BCM88670 (Jericho) is what powers the new Cisco NCS55XX devices. The processor is linerate above around 100 bytes 
per packet without external TCAM, supports 256K IPv4/64K IPv6 FIB entries (or mixed amounts).  These chips are being 
used for high scale 100G, the initial NCS5508 linecard is a 36x100G QSFP28 one. 

Juniper has chosen to use their own silicon for most of their dense 100G platforms, but you’ll see these chips used by 
pretty much everyone else I imagine at some point in the next year.     



Phil 

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 18:15
To: NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: New Switches with Broadcom StrataDNX

> Does anyone know when the switching and router vendors will release their
> new models with the Broadcom BCM88370 and BCM88670 chips? It looks like
> these chips could be used as a carrier grade router and/or metro E device.
>
> More information here: http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s902223
>
> and here:
> http://www.nextplatform.com/2015/03/19/new-dune-chips-enable-heftier-switches/